May 20: One Life Shared By All

Isaac Fanous: Miracle at Cana of Galilee Wedding
St. Peter and St. Paul Coptic Orthodox Church, Santa Monica, California, 1997

Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time

“Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate (NRSV, Mk 10:9).”

Father, there is nothing in this world more than the intimate love that spouses have for one another that reveals to us the sharing in life and love that exists between you and your holy people. Your one life is offered to us all to be shared not only with you but also with one another. Through the Word, now made flesh in our Lord Jesus, in the Holy Spirit, we all have the opportunity to grow in you at every moment by accepting you more fully into our lives. And not only to grow in you but also in one another. One life, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, shared with all of your holy people. May we grow always in the life with you, Father, and with all of our sisters and brothers.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen.